Gracie- 7 Months!

Miss Gracie celebrated her 7 month birthday today- eek! That one year birthday will be approaching much more quickly than I would like. 

Here is our little missy on her six month day, upon returning home from Florida! She was quite intrigued by the paper this time around, so we had to work quickly before she grabbed and ate the paper. Grace had her 6 month check up this month, and all looked great with that. She is almost exactly the same as Bella was at 6 months- 17 lbs 1 oz (whereas Bella was 17 even) and 26 1/2" long (same as Bella!), and was 70th percentile for both. It's pretty funny how Grace caught up to her, despite being quite a bit smaller in the beginning months. She packed on the pounds later on. :)

Grace just started to jabber in some syllables the past few days to add to her vocal repertoire- ba ba ba, ya ya ya, and da da da. She still loves to talk! She also razzes her lips about 100 times a day and blows spit bubbles. :) On vacation, she also started to do a fake cough/laugh- heh heh heh. It was pretty funny, and she knew it!

And there is the razzing/spitting face we see oh so often! 

In terms of mobility, Grace continues to turn herself around in circles and has started to scootch herself forward. She has gotten up on her knees somewhat to attempt crawling, but hasn't been too interested yet. However, I think it will probably be happening this month- she is pretty persistent in getting what she wants, so she's going to have to figure it out!

When laying on her belly, Grace has been kicking her legs up and down wildly- maybe she thinks this is how she will be able to crawl? :) She also loves to wave her arms up and down when being held or sitting up. 

Grace was introduced to a wide variety of foods this month. Here she had her first tasting of green beans- and surprisingly enough, she really liked them right from the start! They are definitely a favorite now. Bella liked her green veggies too though, so that wasn't too crazy for us. She has also had peas, prunes, carrots, applesauce, pears, and bananas. And she has liked them all! As Daddy says, put it in front of her mouth and she'll eat it. :) However, she still is not a big fan of her cereal.

Upon eating all her new foods, Grace did get a little constipated. It was apparently a tough switch for her body to go from easy digested breastmilk to solid foods. And it was definitely no fun seeing her crying when trying to go! But after eating some fruits, she got loosened up. :) 

Loves watching big sister wherever she is- Bella is in the bath here; Grace  isn't just sitting in front of the tub by herself. :)

Gracie is definitely a little rolly polly girl- and the most delightful part of her is definitely those chubby legs. She packs a lot of weight in those thighs! I don't think I want her to crawl so she can keep them! :) 

Once Grace was solidified in her sitting up skills, we decided to move her to the big girl bath- which was good because she was definitely getting a little too big for the baby bath! Despite her ticked off expression here, she did really like it. I think she dropped something and was showing her feelings about it. :) 

 

Grace's current favorite things include chewing on anything she can get her hands on- (especially big sister's dolls when she is not around!), grabbing hair, giving kisses, being tickled, being talked to, her laugh and learn puppy (she has the biggest smile when we take it out to play!), and being carried around with her facing forward. :)

Gracie with her cousin Chayse, who is not quite 2 months younger than her! They didn't even really notice each other laying here- but I'm sure they will have oodles of fun once they get older. :)